Kartorbust
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Well my wife wants me to start on this over the winter, so my hand has been kind of forced. Going over the plans, the cage is fully welded, problem is, it will require a cut off wheel and re-weld if I need to pull the engine either for work or swap to a different engine. Anyone have ideas on how to do a quick detach cage? I know bolted cages are less than desirable since unless done properly, they are not as strong as fully welded. However, it's just 2 bars behind the seat, so other than just protection over the drivetrain, it might have some structural use, but my thoughts are, take some tubing, split it in half as a 'U', fish mouth the cage tube, drill holes in the U and through the top loop, then put a couple grade 6 bolts through top and bottom to make it removable. Good idea/bad idea?
I have some split collars coming in from Amazon, only a couple, need to order more. I may not follow the whole plan, since I'm planning on building this as the long travel version and get some Fox Air shocks. Going to use the 1" keyed axles with Spicer 1000 series U-jounts, no idea on their strength or max angle, I asked Summit Racing but nada from them for the last couple months, so I'll take my chances.
Still trying to decide on the hubs front and rear. I do want to do front brakes for sure, since the single brake in the rear, while it might be sufficient, having brakes up front will help out a lot. I don't know if 150 or 250cc go kart brakes will be able to stop this, especially without brake fade. With this probably going to weigh half a ton, braking is going to be a huge necessity, especially if this thing gets up to 40+mph.
Now for some good news, as far as I can tell, UTVs, golf carts and quads can be driven on the streets here, long as the operator has a class O (operators) driver's license, needs a head light and tail light. This is from the Sheriff's posting for the 4th of July, so maybe it's just on occasion, but I think it's year around.
Need to locate a comfortable seat and 5pt harness. The Jegs seat that a lot of people use, doesn't look comfortable.
I have some split collars coming in from Amazon, only a couple, need to order more. I may not follow the whole plan, since I'm planning on building this as the long travel version and get some Fox Air shocks. Going to use the 1" keyed axles with Spicer 1000 series U-jounts, no idea on their strength or max angle, I asked Summit Racing but nada from them for the last couple months, so I'll take my chances.
Still trying to decide on the hubs front and rear. I do want to do front brakes for sure, since the single brake in the rear, while it might be sufficient, having brakes up front will help out a lot. I don't know if 150 or 250cc go kart brakes will be able to stop this, especially without brake fade. With this probably going to weigh half a ton, braking is going to be a huge necessity, especially if this thing gets up to 40+mph.
Now for some good news, as far as I can tell, UTVs, golf carts and quads can be driven on the streets here, long as the operator has a class O (operators) driver's license, needs a head light and tail light. This is from the Sheriff's posting for the 4th of July, so maybe it's just on occasion, but I think it's year around.
Need to locate a comfortable seat and 5pt harness. The Jegs seat that a lot of people use, doesn't look comfortable.